From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 3 06:35:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B57F116A4DE for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 06:35:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odilist@sonic.net) Received: from b.mail.sonic.net (b.mail.sonic.net [64.142.19.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 693F943D49 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 06:35:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from odilist@sonic.net) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (69-12-157-6.dsl.dynamic.sonic.net [69.12.157.6]) by b.mail.sonic.net (8.13.8.Beta0-Sonic/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k836ZQh2021473 for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2006 23:35:26 -0700 From: Oliver Iberien To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 23:35:25 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200609022335.25738.odilist@sonic.net> Subject: New widescreen monitor, old radeon card - will this not work? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0000 I have a new monitor with the following specs: Horiz 31-87 kHz Vert 56-75 Hz 1680x1050@60Hz Now, this is attached to a windows box with its digital out and a FreeBSD box with analog via a Radeon 7500 card. On this last, when I put these new settings into xorg.conf, it is not what actually shows up on the screen. It ends up being 1600x1000@75, says the monitor, more or less, which puts up a message complaining about it. It's also offset not in focus. Somehow, using the old xorg.conf file with all the wrong settings works better. There is a little distortion but not much I don't know why this would be. Limitations of the driver ("radeon")? Parts of the old xorg.conf file follow. I'd like to get this set up properly, Thanks for any help. Oliver ********************************************************************** # Monitor section # ********************************************************************** # Any number of monitor sections may be present Section "Monitor" Identifier "Multiscan E540" # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified. # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. HorizSync 38-70 # HorizSync 30-64 # multisync # HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies # HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified. # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. VertRefresh 48-120 EndSection # ********************************************************************** # Graphics device section # ********************************************************************** # Any number of graphics device sections may be present # Standard VGA Device: Section "Device" Identifier "Standard VGA" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" # The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override # the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified. # Chipset "generic" # The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver # modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver # module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line # indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section. Driver "vga" # The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices # this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device # section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI # devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not # normally be included unless there is more than one video device # intalled. # BusID "PCI:0:10:0" # VideoRam 256 # Clocks 25.2 28.3 EndSection # Device configured by xorgconfig: Section "Device" Identifier "Radeon 7500" Driver "radeon" #VideoRam 65536 # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate EndSection # ********************************************************************** # Screen sections # ********************************************************************** # Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes # the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section # may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen" # option. Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "Radeon 7500" Monitor "Multiscan E540" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection